Excerpt from Representative Government and War War is the struggle for existence between races, between nations, between man and man, and between animals. Two nations urgently desirous of the same thing on which existence depends enter into com...

Excerpt from Representative Men of New York, Vol. 1: A Record of Their Achievements Already on the Shining shaft that history reared are graven the deeds of those who possessed the God-given courage to em bark their fragile fieets and dare the...

Excerpt from On Liberty; Representative Government; The Subjection of Women The subject of this Essay is not the so-called Liberty of the Will, so unfortunately Opposed to the misnamed doctrine of Philosophical Necessity but Civil, or Social'...

Excerpt from Representative American Orations to Illustrate American Political History, Edited: With Introductions Frank H. Hurd A tariff for revenue only house OF representatives, february 18, 1881. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes...

Although we tend to use the terms 'representative democracy' and 'democracy' as synonyms, they are not. Democracy means that the people govern; representative democracy means that the people elect others to govern for them. This raises the question...

Excerpt from Representative Men: Nature, Addresses and Lectures The race goes with us on their credit. The knowledge that in the city is a man who invented the railroad, raises the credit of all the citizens. But enormous populations, if they be...

Excerpt from Northern Numbers: Being Representative Selections From Certain Living Scottish Poets His collection does not pretend to be in any sense anthology of contemporary Scottish poetry. It merely consists of representative selections (chosen by...

Excerpt from Northern Numbers: Being Representative Selections From Certain Living Scottish Poets Group-poetry developments have been a marked feature of recent British publishing. Success has largely justified the method. It is hoped that the...

Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American philosopher and poet, known for. A staunch advocate of individualism and clear-sighted critic of societal pressures, he led the early 19th century's Transcendentalist movement and greatly influenced the later New...

No simple rubric comes easily to mind when one thinks of the Revolutionary generation. Their accomplishments were too grand, their interests too varied to be encompassed in a single phrase. This book reflects their concern with the fundamentals of...

It is usually held that representative government is not strictly democratic, since it does not allow the people themselves to directly make decisions. But here, taking as her guide Thomas Paine's subversive view that 'Athens, by representation,...

Excerpt from Representative English Poems The spacious times of great Elizabeth produced poetry of the Widest comprehension and variety. The romantic note is heard chieﬂy in Spenser. This may be traced to the influence of Italian models, most of all...

Excerpt from What Is Unconditional Unionism?: Speech of the Hon. Michael Hahn, (Late Representative in Congress, ) Delivered Before the Union Association of New Orleans, at Lyceum Hall, November 14, 1863 Mr. Wickliffe. - I will play the Yankee on you...

The readings in this collection provide a comprehensive guide to the established knowledge and emerging issues regarding democratizing public bureaucracies by making them socially representative. The book includes both classic and cutting-edge works,...

Excerpt from Representative American Orations to Illustrate American Political History ON the proposed repeal OF the sedition law - house OF representatives, february 25, 1799. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of...

Facts101 is your complete guide to Representative Government in Modern Europe. In this book, you will learn topics such as Parliaments, Constitutions, Judges, and Politics, The European Union and Representative Government, and Levels of Governance...

Facts101 is your complete guide to Representative Democracy , Legislators and their Constituents. In this book, you will learn topics such as as those in your book plus much more. With key features such as key terms, people and places, Facts101 gives...

Excerpt from Representative American Orations to Illustrate American Political History: Edited, With Introductions ON secession; secessionist opinion; IN the united states senate, december 5, 1860. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes...

IT IS NATURAL to believe in great men. If the companions of our childhood should turn out to be heroes, and their condition regal it would not surprise us. All mythology opens with demigods, and the circumstance is high and poetic; that is, their...

An excellent book about some of the world's greatest men, including Plato, Swedenborg, Montaigne, Shakspeare, Napoleon and Goethe.Please Note: This book is easy to read in true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficult to decipher. ...

Excerpt from Address of George Thompson, (M. P.) Of England, to the Legislature and Citizens of Vermont: Delivered in Representatives' Hall, October 22, 1864 I had looked into your natural history I had found that you, like other states in the Union,...

A series of biographical lectures originally published in 1850. Each chapter is a philosophical treatment of the life of an intellectual. The six representatives are Plato, Swedenborg, Shakespeare, Montaigne, Napolean and Goethe. (Introduction by S....

In 1877, a young Uchimura Kanzo was admitted to the Sapporo Agricultural College. William S. Clark the Massachusetts chemist and botanist had recently swept into the institution and embarked on his personal quest to bring the university round to his...

Excerpt from Representative Men of Colorado in the Thirteenth Century: A Portrait Gallery of Many of the Men Who Have Been Instrumental in the Upbuilding of Colorado; Including Not Only the Pioneers, but Others Who, Coming Later, Have Added Their...

Excerpt from The Bibles in the Caxton Exhibition: Or a Biographical Description of Nearly One Thousand Representative Bibles in Various Languages Chronologically Arranged From the First Bible Entered at Stationers Hall, London, and Entered, according...

Excerpt from Speech of Mr. Charles Hudson, of Mass;, On the Subject of the War With Mexico: Delivered in the House of Representatives, May 14, 1846 Awful nods of his head, shall restrain me. I'will speak as I less of'the frowns or sneers of that...

The thesis of this original and provocative book is that representative government should be understood as a combination of democratic and undemocratic, aristocratic elements. Professor Manin challenges the conventional view that representative...

In this powerful work, John Stuart Mill sets forth representative government as the most sensible compromise between unreflective rule by the masses and the self-indulgence of the few. The reader of this volume senses that Mill is being pulled in...

The classic liberal philosopher of nineteenth century England, John Stuart Mill, used Considerations on Representative Government to call for reforms to Parliament and voting, calling for proportional representation, the Single Transferable Vote, and...

In The Good Representative, Suzanne Dovi argues that democratic citizens should assess their representatives by their display of three virtues: they must be fair-minded, build critical trust, and be good gatekeepers. This important book provides...

The Future of Representative Democracy poses important questions about representation, representative democracy and their future. Inspired by the last major investigation of the subject by Hanna Pitkin over four decades ago, this ambitious volume...

This text on representive bureaucracy covers topics such as: bureaucracy as a representative institution; bureaucratic power and the dilemma of administrative responsibility; and representative bureaucracy and the potential for reconciling...

Representative politics is in crisis. Trust in politicians is at an all-time low. Fewer people are voting or joining political parties, and our interest in parliamentary politics is declining fast. Even oppositional and radical parties that should...

Representative politics is in crisis. Trust in politicians is at an all-time low. Fewer people are voting or joining political parties, and our interest in parliamentary politics is declining fast. Even oppositional and radical parties that should...

It is a political treatise and substantiation of Mill's mature political thought. The book is full of innovative and distinctive ideas about minority representative, plural voting and secret ballot. Mill has elucidated his political theory and his...

Parkes ruled the British legation to Meiji Japan with a commitment to work and the construction of a civilian Japan which aroused profound admiration and irritation among both Westerners and Japanese. First major study of Parkes since the...

Excerpt from Flowers of France, the Romantic Period, Vol. 2 of 2: Hugo to Leconte De Lisle; Representative Poems of the Nineteenth Century Rendered Into English Verse in Accordance With the Original Forms All over is; the ray divine Too late to...

Excerpt from Timothy D. Sullivan: Late a Representative From New York; Memorial Addresses Delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States; Sixty-Third Congress Resolved, That a committee of 20 Members of the House, with such Members of...

Rpresentative agent models have become a predominant means of studying the macroeconomy in modern economics without there being much discussion in the literature about their propriety or usefulness. This volume evaluates the use of these models in...

Excerpt from Little Masterpieces: Representative Speeches Entering, with all his heart, into the cause of liberty, his ability, patriotism, and power with the pen, naturally drew upon him a large participation in the most important concerns. Wherever...

The book presents the concept of representative government, the ideal form of government. Mill suggests that representative bodies such as parliaments and senates are best suited to be places of public debate on the various opinions held by the...

In this powerful work, John Stuart Mill sets forth representative government as the most sensible compromise between unreflective rule by the masses and the self-indulgence of the few. The reader of this volume senses that Mill is being pulled in...